When It's ALL FOR THE MARBLES!

When It's ALL FOR THE MARBLES!

Few years back, I got enamored with a literary piece which ran as follows:  LIFE IS LIKE A JAR OF MARBLES.  YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET.  This is stating the obvious but dissecting it further, I told myself, one day, this will be my thread.  When It's ALL FOR THE MARBLES!  For so many reasons NOT so obvious, fact is, it's sheer common sense that regardless the fullness of that jar of marbles, as you dip, the level goes down📗📙📘

Now, let's NOT even entertain thoughts of calculating the number of marbles in a jar by dividing random guesses from a fixed number of people equals some kind of truth in most cases.  It's like chaos and order merging into the median of answers.  To tackle things more philosophically, let's envision reality as a jar of marbles, where each marble represents a hypothesis.  And let's assume that each of these hypotheses include all the crazy, outside-of-the-box ideas put forth by everyone from scientists to tin foil hats💦💦💦

YES, life is akin to that jar of marbles.  You always know WHAT you're gonna get.  The truth may be less dramatic, lacking edge and blame, BUT it's often the closest we'll come to reality.  Personally, I really DON'T take sides WHEN it comes to theories vis-a-vis conclusions.  Till to date, everything I have either read, heard and witnesses coalesces into a somewhat unremarkable, middle-of-the-road answer, incorporating a bit of this and a bit of that, from the extremes though💢💢💢

Frankly, I did approach my own life and my career in the same manner.  I would rely on my collected knowledge, wisdom and experience, running them through the calculator in my mind.  YES, quite often, the results would align with my forecasted results.  Many times over and over again, I can anticipate WHAT will fail, and WHAT will succeed, WHICH may make me somewhat predictable [and boring].  YES, occasionally I did take a chance and the outcome may OR may NOT align with my expectations.  Regardless, I added it to my reservoir of lessons learned💧💧💧

Our takeaway:  UNLESS warranted out of exigency, NEVER take the middle-of-the-road because WHILE it may NOT dump you by the wayside, it is far-fetched that you'll end up in the totem pole either,  Take every opportunity, every chance as the last gasp of things.  Instilling this mindset will put us at least a foot forward towards achieving WHAT you want to.  YES, WHEN IT'S ALL FOR THE MARBLES💥💥💥